DashTickets is a gambling magazine that is operated by Dash Tickets New Zealand Limited and was founded in 2009 by Matthew Robert Davey. The magazine focuses on delivering comprehensive casino reviews to help New Zealanders choose the best options available and avoid bad experiences.
Over the years, the team behind DashTickets has built an extensive database of online casinos that operate in New Zealand. Now the website serves as a highly detailed encyclopedia of the country’s gambling scene, with its signature DashScore helping players quickly decide whether a particular casino is worth their attention.
“When we started DashTickets, our goal was to provide players’ perspectives in an industry dominated by paid casino PR articles and advertisements that don’t reflect them at all. New Zealanders needed a resource they could trust, and we felt that need and did our best to solve it,” says Mark Dash, editor-in-chief of DashTickets.
Today, DashTickets is one of the leading niche websites in New Zealand, with thousands of players relying on its reviews to form their opinions. The website publishes around four reviews a week and adds trustworthy casinos to its extensive list, enabling quick searches for users. The team behind DashTickets also provides a blacklist of known scam casinos to protect its readers.
What is DashScore and how does it work?
DashTickets’ reviews are generally quite long and detailed, which is great when you are looking for a comprehensive analysis to make up your mind. But sometimes, users cannot dedicate enough time to proper reading, which is why the team introduced DashScore — a metric that combines multiple qualities of an online casino and rates it on a scale from 0 to 100. That sounds simple, but what does it mean?
The DashTickets’ review requires a strict process that consists of 16 steps, including a full background check, depositing real NZ dollars, withdrawing them, playing multiple games from different sections of a casino, and contacting other players to learn about their experiences. The team also evaluates the casino website’s design and usability, its Terms and Conditions, and customer support services.
Here are some of the team’s expectations and requirements from casinos that operate in New Zealand.
| Payout speed | The casino should provide instant payouts without delays or managerial approval. |
| Deposits and withdrawals | The casino should offer the best deposit and withdrawal options suitable for New Zealanders with large weekly and monthly cashout limits, low minimum deposits, and no fees. |
| Customer verification | The casino should only require basic documents, ensuring a quick verification process. |
| Terms and Conditions | The casino’s Terms and Conditions should be clear, legitimate, and concise, leaving no room for fine print and ensuring that the rules are the same for everyone involved. |
| Bonuses | The casino should offer a range of high-quality bonuses with reasonable playthrough requirements, plenty of reload offers, tournaments, cashback, and a VIP loyalty program. |
| Games offered | The casino should provide an excellent range of pokies by different providers (which are highly popular in New Zealand), as well as top live dealer games. It should also provide games that pay well and the games should be set to a high RTP. |
| Design and usability | The casino’s website should be perfectly usable on all devices, ideally with a separate app for mobile devices. Easy navigation is required as well. |
| Customer support | The casino’s customer support should be available for contact via at least two channels 24/7, and be generally knowledgeable and helpful. |
Based on the reviewer’s evaluation of these characteristics, the team decides on a final DashScore. It is worth noting that the team ensures unbiased reviews by using the mystery shopper tactic so that the casino won’t be able to treat a reviewer any differently than other players.
“The DashScore enables players to skim through our list of casinos and make informed choices quickly, which is invaluable. We understand that most of our readers simply want to know whether they can trust a particular casino, and what they should expect from it. This is why we use DashScore as well as summary sections to help players make up their mind in a matter of minutes.” says Sophia Novakivska, author at DashTickets.
DashTickets: looking forward
While DashTickets has found its niche in providing objective casino reviews, the team behind it doesn’t intend to stop at that.
“Our reviews provide a certain layer of protection for players, ensuring they get to choose from the best options and can learn exactly what they can expect from a particular website. However, the casino industry doesn’t end with casinos, and there are several other issues we want to pay close attention to: from problem gambling to legal issues of New Zealand’s casino industry. The more informed our readers are, the better their gambling experience will be, and that is our ultimate goal,” says Mark Dash, editor-in-chief of DashTickets.
Want to connect with DashTickets?
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